The 10 billion fund big cake pig raising association of the Council of Agriculture requires stable price protection and special funds for special use.

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The government hastily announced that it would open up the import of lean and exquisite pigs, causing an uproar in the domestic pig industry, worried about the impact on local pork. The Council of Agriculture has recently had frequent exchanges with pig farmers around the country, and today (9) invited pig farming associations all over the country to hold a forum to communicate their doubts. Pig farmers stressed that "absolutely not to accept the government to touch the head", stressed that if the government does not make a good mark of origin and stabilize pig prices, "the struggle will still fight."

Another focus of the meeting was how to use the 10 billion yuan fund planned by the government for pig raising. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that 10 billion yuan has been planned in eight directions and will be allocated year by year for four years to promote the upgrading of the pig raising industry, which will be submitted to the political Yuan for approval before the end of the year.

The pig raising association does not accept that the government touches the head of the main war faction and threatens to fight against the main peace faction: first listen to what the authorities have to say

The pig-raising association of the Republic of China, the head of the pig-raising association of all counties and cities, opened a room for secret talks before the formal discussion with the Council of Agriculture this morning, and internal opinions are still divided. It is reported that the pig raising association is divided into the main war group and the main peace faction, and the main war faction still insists that it should continue to fight against the import of lean meat and fine pigs, while the main peace faction believes that the president has announced the adoption of an executive order and advocated that priority be given to discussing supporting measures.

The pro-war camp believes that in any case, the association should express clear opposition, otherwise, how to ensure the rights and interests of pig farmers in the future, and threatened to "fight if there is a struggle." However, Lin Chengde, executive supervisor of the acting Association, said, "what pig farmers are most concerned about is how to stabilize pig prices and adjust supply and demand. Now that the government has shown its sincerity, the association will first listen to it. However, when meeting with the government, it is not on behalf of the pig farming association to accept the government's touch. "

This closed-door forum between the cadres of the association and the Council of Agriculture was presided over by Lin Congxian, chairman of the Central Animal production Association, and deliberately isolated the media, but it showed an even more bizarre atmosphere. Filmed by Lin Jiyang

Committee of Agriculture: the 10 billion fund aims to enhance the competitiveness of domestic pigs, not only for pig farmers but also for consumers

How on earth is the "ten billion fund" allocated? Does it need to be examined by the Legislative Yuan? Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, said that "the 10 billion fund is not to set up a new fund," and there is no need to go through the Legislative Yuan, but to put forward a plan of NT $10 billion for annual budget, which will be approved by the Executive Yuan for special use, so as to convince pig farmers. The Council of Agriculture will put forward a "10 billion fund" plan to the Executive Yuan for approval before the end of the year, and plans to start using it next year, which will be divided into four years.

Chen Jizhong stressed that the NT $10 billion fund is not only for pig farmers, but also for consumers, hoping to improve the pork market, strengthen the market competitiveness of Taiwan's domestic pigs, and expand its sales to the outside world. the details will be discussed continuously by the Animal Husbandry Department of the Council of Agriculture, the Central Animal Industry Association and the Pig raising Association. The eight specific measures initially developed by the Council of Agriculture include: stabilizing pig farmers' income, pig death insurance, expanding export sales, upgrading the cold chain of slaughterhouses, modernizing pig farms, improving the inspection capacity of imported meat, and rewarding restaurants to mark the use of domestic pigs, integrated marketing of domestic pork, and so on.

Domestic pig logo design announcement at the end of the month, restaurant operators can start to apply in November

As for the mark of origin that the pig industry is most concerned about, apart from the Council of Agriculture, which also involves the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the pig farming association has reached a consensus, requiring the authorities to negotiate with the inter-ministry association and put forward specific commitments in black and white.

Chen Jizhong said that an inter-ministerial meeting will be held with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare to discuss specific methods such as commodity labels and food content labeling, so as to strengthen the identification of domestic pigs. "Taiwan's domestic pig badge has begun to be designed and produced, and it will be explained to the public as soon as possible, which will be announced before the end of the month, and will be announced next month. Restaurant operators will begin to accept applications for trial operation in November, so that Taiwan's domestic pig badge will be put on the road." He stressed that the directors of all associations believe that Taiwan pigs are competitive, and as long as the labels are clearly identified, they believe in the competitiveness of domestic pigs.